3.--The Rev. J. Alexander was presented with a purse containing 500
pounds, and a clock, on the occasion of his entering the fortieth year of
his ministry at Prince's Street Independent chapel, Norwich. The Rev. S.
Titlow and other clergymen of the Church of England were present.
7.--A male specimen of Savi's warbler, the rarest of British marsh
warblers, was shot near Brundall. "This is the only bird of the species
obtained in the county since 1842, when a pair were killed at South
Walsham, which, with one in the Norwich Museum, are all that are known to
have occurred in Norfolk. The one in the Museum was obtained by the Rev.
James Brown, at Limpenhoe, in the early part of the century."
21.--At a meeting held at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, it was decided to
establish a pack of foxhounds in Norfolk, and to invite Lord Suffield to
become master. The first meet of the pack took place at Melton Constable
Park, on November 25th.
23.--A panorama, with the present form of variety entertainment, was
exhibited for the first time at the Assembly Rooms, Norwich, by Mr. J.
Batchelder. The views were illustrative of a tour in Southern Africa.
25.--The left wing of the West Norfolk Militia arrived at Norwich from
Fermoy, co. Cork; the right wing reached the city on the 26th. An
influential deputation of the inhabitants of Fermoy, prior to the
departure of the regiment, presented to the colonel a farewell address,
in which they congratulated him upon having the command of "so highly
respectable and well disciplined a corps."